Governor of the Bank of Canada
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The Governor of the Bank of Canada is chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Canada; the incumbent governor is Stephen S. Poloz, who assumed the office on June 3, 2013. Poloz was formerly the head of Export Development Canada.[1] The governor is appointed by the Minister of Finance, with the advice of the bank's board of directors and the approval of the Governor in Council.[2]
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Roles and responsibilities
- Hold the bank's capital (one hundred thousand shares) on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada.[3]
- The governor and deputy governor sign each series of Canadian banknotes.
- The Governor is ex-officio the Alternate voter on the IMF.
Governors of the Bank of Canada
- Stephen S. Poloz (2013 – present)
- Mark Carney (2008 – 2013)
- David A. Dodge (2001 – 2008)
- Gordon Thiessen (1994 – 2001)
- John Crow (1987 – 1994)
- Gerald Bouey (1973 – 1987)
- Louis Rasminsky (1961 – 1973)
- James Coyne (1955 – 1961)
- Graham Towers (1934 – 1954)
Senior Deputy Governors of the Bank of Canada
- Carolyn Wilkins (2014 – Present)
- Tiff Macklem (2010 – 2014)
- Paul Jenkins (2003 – 2010)
- Malcolm Knight (1999 – 2003)
- Bernard Bonin (1994 – 1999)
- Gordon Thiessen (1987 – 1994)
- John Crow (1984 – 1987)
- R. William Lawson (1973 – 1984)
- Gerald Bouey (1972 – 1973)
- John Robert Beattie (1955 – 1971)
- James Coyne (1950 – 1954)
- Donald Gordon (1938 – 1950)
- J. A. C. Osborne (1935 – 1938)
